I don’t really have much to go off of other than my own experiences, but I don’t think social media caused me more anxiety than normal except for one exception. During the beginning and early years of the pandemic, reddit usage did sometimes cause me more anxiety. Especially when people were hateful/disregarded other people.

Otherwise, the main things that cause me anxiety are a lack of community + a lack of third spaces. Feeling like I have no purpose other than being a cog in a machine/wealth disparity/alienation from my labour. Governments that don’t care for the people they’re supposed to serve. A general feeling of not being able to get ahead in life.

That’s been the major cause of anxiety for me for the past 12 years

I think it really depends on how people are using the internet/ social media. I’m sure we all use it differently, and it might cause more or less anxiety.

Possibly! It’ll happen eventually. I’m in no rush I suppose. I’ve got plenty in my backlog already and not enough time haha

I can’t wait to get a new PC eventually. I’ve been missing out on some exciting mods and PC games the past 5 or 6 years

After playing part of their game Outer Worlds, I’m not surprised. I thought the writing was alright, but the game felt lacking and empty. I was surprised because I’ve only ever heard good things about New Vegas. I haven’t played New Vegas yet but I’m assuming it’s a much better time

Hah wouldn’t that be something.

Tbh they don’t need Niantic to do this. They can collect that info straight from phones. Back doors go brrrr (is that meme still relevant?)

Damn yeah that’ll do it. Kids can be ruthless!

Yeah “uhms” and the dreaded “like” are also an issue for me too. I would like to eliminate it from my vocabulary entirely. I make videos and live stream, and I notice it a lot when I watch playback. It’s pretty terrible. Did you have a hard time ridding them from your speech? I should try fixing that.

Shit. My ignorance is showing lol.

Thanks for the correction. I’m about to go on a deep dive of reading now :)

Yeah I mean, idk what happened there. Brain wasn’t computing well I guess.

But for real I really don’t know. I’ve noticed that happens with me sometimes where I’ll repeat phrases in a single post

This is why I think people need to understand that it’s not AI. These companies using AI as a buzzword are shooting themselves in the foot.

Guy wouldn’t have been freaked out if he understood how these systems work

I think the issue is possibly rooted deeper than just usage on steam. I mean I know steam could/SHOULD do more to fight it, but I mean…has said US senator looked at the newly elected government and the people that voted for said government? I mean damn dude.

The rot is deep and is very soon going to be considered “default” behavior.

Absolutely not, but let me dream lol

Oh, for sure. I’m curious if when we get to that point, we’ll need some kind of universal basic income or something.

I would love if I could get a LLM to do my work. Fortunately/unfortunately it won’t happen any time soon.

I thought with the rise of computers it would reduce the amount of work we would have to do. Haha

I’m curious how this might alter how we work 10-15 years from now.

I like the games, but man, I really miss classic 3D zelda dungeons. The other day, I decided to try OOT master quest, and it was super refreshing!

Forgive my ignorance, but is Suigi new in the scene? I remember Puncayshun and Cheese, but it’s been a few years since I kept up with mario64 speedruns

I signed up and made a post. I was shocked and then amused when somebody actually saw my post?! It made me realize I don’t understand how to even use a Twitter type of social media. Do I just post my thoughts? What’s up with that lol

I always just used Twitter as a way to see youtubers/streamers updates

I assume everything is bots, so I only check out streamers, youtubers, and artists on Twitter. It was bad before the Musk takeover but now it’s borderline unusable lol

I’ve recently noticed that the tactical shooter genre has kinda fallen out of favor. Games like ghost recon, socom navy seals etc. Aren’t being made anymore. I think it’s a shame that some genres go dormant for a while.

But more than that, I just want to see developers take more risks again. Indie games have been the exception here, but I remember there being so many unique games in the early 2000’s.

Brooo you can get the title of shithead? Why would you wana be labeled as straight when you could be shithead instead? lol. That’s what I would go for haha